Rising from the ruins of Taras Metanov’s USSR, Borisgrad began as an autonomously-governed province including Moskva and the surrounding country.  Close cooperation with the African Union and a climate of fear and instability enabled Borisgrad to successfully be granted rule over all of southern Russia, with the exception of the Ukraine, granted independence after a referendum.  Borisgrad became undisputed owner of all Russia after a series of wars and broken alliances with the religious zealots in northern Russia, finally conquering the fortress city of Murmansk after an extensive siege.  Relations with Narsus and other northern nations were repaired, and Borisgrad settled down as a natural leader of the north, dominating the Socialist Alliance and rising under Premier Boris Tetranov to international heights once held by the USSR.  Tetranov was elected Consul for Life by the Politburo, and while he rules with the assistance of a large cabal of experienced officers, he is effectively an absolute despot.  His pro-business approach and alliance with several western European nations have ensured at least a moderate level of fiscal success in the fledgling republic.

I. Basic Information

BORISGRAD (BGD)

II. Vital Statistics

Sub-Region: North

 

Provinces (51):  Listed on right 

            

Population:  150,000,000

 

Gross Domestic Product: 

$1,204.72  billion

 

 

III. Government

Country Name

 

Conventional Long Form:  The Union of Soviet Republics of Borisgrad

 

Long Local Form:  Союз советских Республик Борисград

 

Local Short Form: USRB, or Borisgrad

 

Country Motto: The Global Soviet

 

Government Type: People’s Republic

 

Independence: N/A (from USSR)

 

National Holiday: October 25^th – Reflects on the Glorious Revolution of October 1917

 

Legal System: N/A

 

Suffrage: 35  years for property-owning males who are a member of the Communist Party

Method of Election/Term Length:  Popular vote, held at the request of the Communist Party Chairman

 

Date of Last Election/Results: 

October 25, 2005

 

Date of Next Election:

Not yet determined

 

 

(Pictured Left: Consul Boris Tetranov)

VIII. Economy

Borisgrad inherited one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies from the powerhouse that was the USSR.  Massive military purchasing couple with several ruinous wars and the loss of the Ukraine put a severe dent in the economy, and unemployment has risen dramatically under Boris Tetranov. Even so, the vast oilfields of Siberia, jointly exploited with the aid of Serandum, have gone some way to keeping the economy buoyant.  The skilled labourers have been kept from emigrating by draconian laws, and the large population provides a cheap work pool.  Hunger is a problem in areas of central and southern Russia, and much of the Caucus area survives on illegal smuggling.

GDP Growth Rate: -5%

 

GDP Per Sector:

             Agriculture: 18%

             Industry: 29%

             Services: 53%  

 

Unemployment Rate:

             Urban: 4%

             Rural: 22%

 

Percentage of Population Below the Poverty Line: 26%

             Urban: 24%

             Rural: 65%

 

Inflation: 3%

 

Electricity Production by Source:

             Fossil Fuels: 60%

             Hydro: 5%

             Nuclear: 35%
             Other: 0%

 

Nuclear Energy Capabilities: Attained nuclear energy facilities under USSR and earlier Soviet rules, increasing reliance slowly.

 

Currency Name: Ruble

 

Current External Debt: N/A

 

Current Creditor States: N/A

 

Head of State: Consul Boris Tetranov

 

Head of Government:  Consul Boris Tetranov (Communist Party)

 

Cabinet:

Dmitri Pavlovich Tchermasnya – Home Affairs Minister

 

Nicolae Ceaucescu – Foreign Affairs Minister

 

Tanya Milosevic – Minister Without Portfolio

 

General Dangar Bruschenko – Defence Minister

 

Pavel Edwards – Deputy Consul – ALSO African Union Representative

 

Heral Mishkin – Agriculture Minister

 

General Pyotr Orlov – Trade Minister

 

General Ivan Ivan – Minister Without Portfolio

 

 

IV. Executive Branch

IX. Infrastructure

Ports and Harbors (10 major ports):

Anapa, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Nakhodka, Novorossiysk, Rostov-na-Donu, Saint Petersburg, Taganrog, Vanino, Vostochnyy

 

Airports with Paved Runways: 640

 

Major International Airports:

Moscow: Scheremetyevo 1 and 2,

Domededovo (Moskva main Int’l),

St Petersburg: Pulkovo 1 and 2,

Novosibirsk: Tolmachevo

 

X. Social Indicators

Life Expectancy at Birth

             Male: 55

             Female: 64

 

Total Fertility Rate: 1.28

 

Nationality

             Noun: Borisgradian

             Adjective: Borisgrad

 

Ethnic Groups:

             Russian 79.8%,

             Tatar 3.8%,

             Ukrainian 2%,

             Bashkir 1.2%,

             Chuvash 1.1%,

             other or unspecified 12.1%

 

Religions:

             70% Russian Orthodox

             20% Muslim 20%

             minority Akhian, Protestant,              Catholic, Hindu

 

Languages:

             Russian (official),

             English (official),

             various other dialects account              for around 20% of languages

 

Literacy (definition — age 15 and older can read and write):                     Total Population: 93%

             Male: 95%

             Female: 91%

 

HIV/AIDS

Adult Prevalence Rate: 1.1%

People Living with HIV/AIDS: 860,000

Deaths in the Past Year: 9000

 

Major Infectious Diseases/Risk:  N/A

XI. Military

Military Branches:

             Red Army

                 Russian Navy

                 People’s Air Force

                 Committee For State Security

                 People’s Precautionary Guard

 

Military Service:  Compulsory, Minimum age for service is 16.

 

Manpower avail. for military service:

             36 million

 

Military Expenditures per Year: $28.4 billion

 

Military Expenditures as a Percentage of GDP: 8%

 

Weapons of Mass Destruction:

             Nuclear: Existent

             Chemical: Existent

             Biological: Existent

XII. Transnational Disputes

Territorial Disputes: City of Murmansk (177), under military control of USRB, claimed by Straylight Run

 

Non-Territorial Disputes: Remains in a state of war with the Ukraine after newly-independent government was overthrown by ultra-nationalists. War is technical only, and hostilities have ceased.

Updated:  April 24, 2006

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